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Miller seeks to boost grants despite cash crunch [Toronto’s community partnership and investment program ]
TheGlobeandMail.com – National – Miller seeks to boost grants despite cash crunch
March 17, 2009. JEFF GRAY
Despite the crumbling economy and the city’s cash crunch, Toronto Mayor David Miller’s proposed budget calls for a $2-million boost – a 4.8-per-cent increase – to the city’s controversial grants program for arts and community groups.
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How to be a role model for the world
TheStar.com – Worldwide – How to be a role model for the world
March 12, 2009. Bob Hepburn
How out of touch is Ottawa with its own citizens when it comes to foreign policy and our role in the world?
An awful lot, according to a new report that involves the views of more than 100,000 Canadians.
“I was surprised how disconnected citizens feel from Ottawa,” says Shauna Sylvester, who heads Canada’s World, a major three-year initiative aimed at involving ordinary citizens in the development of a new international policy role for Canada.
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Status quo unacceptable for learning disabled
TheStar.com – Opinion/Letter – Status quo unacceptable for learning disabled
March 12, 2009
Re: Testing 1 2 3, March 5 to 7
Kudos to the Star and reporter Andrea Gordon for a comprehensive and extremely informative series on the barriers faced by parents and children with learning disabilities.
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Learning problems not always easy to identify [TESTING 1, 2, 3. PART 1: Identifying problems]
TheStar.com – ParentCentral.ca – Learning problems not always easy to identify
March 05, 2009. Andrea Gordon, Family Issues Reporter
This is a portrait of a child moving from grade to grade without learning. There are thousands more like him, slipping into indifference and insecurity while schools rubber stamp their progress.
When her son talks, Linda listens. But she knows behaviour – and a mother’s intuition – often speak louder than words.
Linda has listened for years while Josh, 13, claimed he didn’t need extra help in school.
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Milestone for literacy movement
TheStar.com – Opinion – Milestone for literacy movement
March 04, 2009. Carol Goar
It was a celebration of survival. Success would be too grandiose a claim.
Canada’s literacy movement is 150 years old.
It has withstood economic storms, hostile governments and overbearing educators. It has managed without money, facilities or paid staff. It has taken root in unlikely places and thrived in hard times.
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Secret documents reveal sweeping new rules for natives
TheGlobeandMail.com – National – Secret documents reveal sweeping new rules for natives: Native leaders warned Ottawa not to re-open the governance file unless it’s willing to hold wide-ranging consultations but classified papers show government moving ahead
March 3, 2009. BILL CURRY
OTTAWA — The federal government is secretly planning an overhaul of the rules governing Canada’s reserves that is far more sweeping than what Ottawa is telling Canada’s chiefs and native leaders.
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Mandatory jail sentences good publicity, bad strategy [Gang crime]
TheStar.com – Opinion – Mandatory jail sentences good publicity, bad strategy
March 03, 2009. James Morton, Past president of the Ontario Bar Association
Last week a friend told me how her daughter’s school went into lockdown because of a nearby shooting on a TTC bus. The shooting was almost certainly gang-related.
For two hours, 10-year-old children cowered beneath their desks while school doors were bolted and teachers anxiously imposed silence on the frightened kids. Despite door-to-door searches, the police did not find the gunman.
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Harper’s unkept pledge [gov’t. secrecy / acountability]
TheStar.com – Opinion/Editorial – Harper’s unkept pledge
February 28, 2009
Three years ago, Stephen Harper sold himself to Canadians as a champion of federal transparency as he campaigned for the prime minister’s job. He promised to “lift up the veils of secrecy” in Ottawa and to foster a “culture of accountability.” After all, people have a right to know what their government is up to. But that was then.
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